Hand brake mechanism.



F. J. TRUMPER.

HAND BRAKE MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 5.19m.

1,202,009. Patented 00t.17,1916.

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- UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK TRUMPER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGN'OB TO THE NATIONAL ABLE CASTINGS COMPANY, OFCLEVELAND, OHIO.

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' Be it known that I, FREDERICK J. TRUM- PER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, have invented Improvements in Hand Brake Mechanism, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation, partly in section, of my improved device'applied to the end --sill of a car and showing the brake shaft and brake wheel in lowermost position; Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof, withthe brakeshaft in raised positioni Fig. 3 is a plan view showing, the brake shaft in sec .tion, and Fig/1 is a detail of the ratchet wheel, showing the brake wheel in plowermost position.

patent granted to Walter E. Cofiin, No.

My invention relates tov hand-operated brake mechanism of the type shown in the 1 1,098,428, dated June 2, 1914:, and consistsstru'ction and operation of the parts which I in an improvement thereon by which the top of the brake wheel and the brake shaft may be lowered below the level ofv the floor of the car. To this end I employ a ratchet wheel secured to the bracket upon which the-mechanism is mounted, having teeth on its underside for engaging a pivoted pawl, and the upper side of the ratchet is recessed to permit the entrance of the hub of the brake wheel therein.

' My invention also consists in the con-' I shall hereinafter describe and claim.

Referring to the drawings, 2 is the bracket secured to the end sill .of a, car, the lower- .part of which comprises a brake shaft step v anism. Pivoted in the lower portion of the step 3 is a bearing plate 5 which'supports the brake shaft6 when in raised-position. The brake shaft 6, which is preferably rectangular in cross section, has a brake wheel 7 mounted on the upper end thereof. The brake wheel 7 has" a beveled hub 8 and' a dished portion 9 between the hub 8 and its periphery 10,- for the purpose of seating in the ratchet wheel 11.v The ratchet wheel 11 is 'secured in the aperture 12 of the mounting 4 by means of a retainer 13, which seats in a groove 14 in the ratchet wheel hub 15. The retainer 13 holds the ratchet wheel 11, a

I Specification of Letters Patent.

' Application filed December 5,1913. Serial 110.; 804,792.

formed so as to receive the hub,8 of the brake wheel-7, and the dished portion 9 of the brake wheel? just clears the periphery of the ratchet wheel 11,- thereby permitting the brake wheel 7 to-be dropped entirely below the level of the car floor 19 without affecting the operation of the mechanism.

When the car is unloaded the brake shaft 6 will be in the raised position shown in.

Fig. 2, in which the brake shaft 6 is supported by the bearing plate 5. When it is desired to load the car with materials projectin over its ends, the bearing plate 5 is move into the position shown ,in Fig. 1,

and the brake shaft 6 is then lowered until the hub 8: of the brake wheel 7 seats in the recess- 18 of the ratchet wheel 11, in which position the dished portion 9 of the brake wheel 7, 'whichis the highest portion of the mechanism, is below the floor level 19 ofthe car. It will be seen that'the recess 18 of the ratchet 11 and the corresponding tapering of the hub 8 ofrthe brake wheel permit the lowering "of the brake wheel to such an extent that its hub 8 and periphery may be made in-the construction which I departing from my invention.

-WhatI claim is: l 3 t 1. In hand brake mechanism, pawl and ratchet mechanism, a bracket comprising a brake shaft step and a support for the pawl ratchet mechanism, means for preventvertical movement of the ratchet wheel relative to the bracket, and a hand wheel adapted to seat in andbe supported on said ratchetwheel. a Y

2. In handbrake mechanism, a bracket supporting a brake shaft and pawl and ratchet mechanism, the brake shaft being '10 lie in the same'horizontal plane as the I ratchet wheel 11.

It is obvious that various modifications 9'0 capable of vertical endwise movement and 1 having mounted thereon a brake wheel, the brake wheel having ahub and a. periphery adapted when the shaft is in lowermost posi: tion to lie in the same horizontal plane-as the'ratchet Wheel.

3. jA brake wheel'haVing a hub adapted to be secured'to a brakes'haft, a rim, and intermediate connections between'said hub and rim,gsaid intermediate connections be- 4; Ina hand brake ing dished between the hiib and rim,- and said hub and rim'both lying in lowerhorizontal'planes than the dished portions of the intermediate connections, substantially as described. 1

having a portion adapted to receive a jourmechanism', a bracket nal, a ratchet wheel having a hu b journaled in said bracket, a pawl cooperating with teeth on said ratchet wheel, said hub having a groove in its periphery below the j our.- nal bearing, and a retainer adapted to 'surround said hub and seat in said groove, and toprevent vertical movement of the ratchet wheel relative to the bracket, whereby said ratchet wheel is held in cooperative posi 

